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PDF-to-ODT conversion
How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
Cheers,
Maurice Howe
RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>.
Hmmm. McAfee's Stinger32 anti-malware pgm said that it was the FreeOCR.exe
ITSELF that was the sort of all the grief. I took Stinger's word for it,
and let Stinger delete the offending exe file.
Looks like my original inquire created quite a stir. Sorry to have taken so
many of you from more important tasks.
Maurice Howe
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave.Mainwaring [mailto:davemainwaring@gmail.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2013 1:07 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
It took me hours to clean up the trash that came with the free OCR, the
program does work.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > BEWARE !!!
> > The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of
> > excess baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware
> > Bytes,
> Spybot,
> > RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
> > There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me
off.
> >
> > I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought
> > this warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Maurice Howe
> > I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded
> from that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
> site.
>
> --
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by "Dave.Mainwaring" <da...@gmail.com>.
It took me hours to clean up the trash that came with the free OCR, the
program does work.
On Sat, Nov 30, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > BEWARE !!!
> > The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
> > baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes,
> Spybot,
> > RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
> > There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
> >
> > I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
> > warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Maurice Howe
> > I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from
> http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded from
> that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
> site.
>
> --
> Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Sun, 1 Dec 2013 11:57:34 -0500
"Think" <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR
> program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me,
> but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my
> browser to find a recipe for me she said "there's a weird browser on your
> computer." This happened with dealslider a week ago when I downloaded a free
> font browser.
>
> Unfortunately, this one issue is one of the biggest issues for people
> utilizing free and open source software -- it is not "verified" to not have
> malware, etc. attached to it.
>
> I am in the process of specifying open source software for a non profit
> company I am building, and am swimming the waters myself to see what
> problems are inherent in open source. It seems that this one is huge and
> relatively insurmountable unless someone wants to start a foundation to cull
> the software for cleanliness.
>
> Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
> misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
For openoffice we only recommend
www.openoffice.org/download
For all other applications I always recommend using the main project site; if I have to recommend a particular site, it is always one I have used myself and know to be clean.
> Brenda Hart Neihouse
>
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecurity@sound-by-design.com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM
> To: users@openoffice.apache.org
> Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
>
> Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned
> the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/.
>
> NEVER TRUST CNET!
>
> Best,
>
> Allen
>
> On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> > On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> > "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> >
> >> BEWARE !!!
> >> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
> >> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes,
> Spybot,
> >> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
> >> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
> >>
> >> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
> >> warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Maurice Howe
> >> I'm retired. Go around me.
> >
> > The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
> >
> > You could try Calibre, downloading only from
> > http://calibre-ebook.com/
> > which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded from
> that calibre site has been clean.
> >
> > As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
> site.
> >
>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Rima Schulkind <ri...@schulkind.com>.
Thankyouthyankyouthankyou. It worked like a dream. I'm so used to my old Mac word processing apps not allowing copy-and-paste of pdf's that I never even tried with my new one.
On Dec 2, 2013, at 5:07 PM, mt wrote:
> Back to the original topic (but thanks for the useful info about download sites!) - just thought I'd mention that "dragging" or copying-and-pasting text from any (text) PDF and OpenOffice works pretty well on a Mac.
>
> Not sure if this would apply to all platforms, but it's by far the easiest way I have found on my Mac. I might have to reapply some formatting for complex files, but all the text gets copied over, and most of the styles as well.
>
> Cheers,
>
> marina
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by mt <mt...@lockedbags.org>.
Back to the original topic (but thanks for the useful info about
download sites!) - just thought I'd mention that "dragging" or
copying-and-pasting text from any (text) PDF and OpenOffice
works pretty well on a Mac.
Not sure if this would apply to all platforms, but it's by far
the easiest way I have found on my Mac. I might have to reapply
some formatting for complex files, but all the text gets copied
over, and most of the styles as well.
Cheers,
marina
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Think <th...@gmail.com>.
I like sourceforge. Thanks.
-----Original Message-----
From: Julian Thomas [mailto:jt@jt-mj.net]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:58 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
On 1 Dec 2013, at 11:57, Think <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
> misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
I trust sourceforge.net
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net>.
On 1 Dec 2013, at 11:57, Think <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
> misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
I trust sourceforge.net
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Think <th...@gmail.com>.
Thanks so much.
Brenda
-----Original Message-----
From: Maurice Howe [mailto:maurice@stny.rr.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 12:57 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
I've had years of success with http://www.filehippo.com/
If you've gotten snagged by The Bad Guys (via CNET or another source), try
Spybot, MalWareBytes, and Stinger32.
Maurice Howe
-----Original Message-----
From: Think [mailto:thinktanky@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 11:58 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR
program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me,
but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my
browser to find a recipe for me she said "there's a weird browser on your
computer." This happened with dealslider a week ago when I downloaded a free
font browser.
Unfortunately, this one issue is one of the biggest issues for people
utilizing free and open source software -- it is not "verified" to not have
malware, etc. attached to it.
I am in the process of specifying open source software for a non profit
company I am building, and am swimming the waters myself to see what
problems are inherent in open source. It seems that this one is huge and
relatively insurmountable unless someone wants to start a foundation to cull
the software for cleanliness.
Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
Brenda Hart Neihouse
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecurity@sound-by-design.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned the best
source: http://www.freeocr.net/.
NEVER TRUST CNET!
Best,
Allen
On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> BEWARE !!!
>> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
>> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes,
Spybot,
>> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
>> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
>>
>> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought
>> this warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Maurice Howe
>> I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded
> from
that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
site.
>
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>.
I've had years of success with http://www.filehippo.com/
If you've gotten snagged by The Bad Guys (via CNET or another source), try
Spybot, MalWareBytes, and Stinger32.
Maurice Howe
-----Original Message-----
From: Think [mailto:thinktanky@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 11:58 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR
program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me,
but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my
browser to find a recipe for me she said "there's a weird browser on your
computer." This happened with dealslider a week ago when I downloaded a free
font browser.
Unfortunately, this one issue is one of the biggest issues for people
utilizing free and open source software -- it is not "verified" to not have
malware, etc. attached to it.
I am in the process of specifying open source software for a non profit
company I am building, and am swimming the waters myself to see what
problems are inherent in open source. It seems that this one is huge and
relatively insurmountable unless someone wants to start a foundation to cull
the software for cleanliness.
Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
Brenda Hart Neihouse
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecurity@sound-by-design.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned the best
source: http://www.freeocr.net/.
NEVER TRUST CNET!
Best,
Allen
On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> BEWARE !!!
>> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
>> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes,
Spybot,
>> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
>> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
>>
>> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought
>> this warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Maurice Howe
>> I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded
> from
that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
site.
>
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Think <th...@gmail.com>.
I downloaded from freeocr.net and also got other software with the OCR
program. It was an accept/decline statement and the first one got past me,
but I saw the others and declined. So when my daughter went to use my
browser to find a recipe for me she said "there's a weird browser on your
computer." This happened with dealslider a week ago when I downloaded a free
font browser.
Unfortunately, this one issue is one of the biggest issues for people
utilizing free and open source software -- it is not "verified" to not have
malware, etc. attached to it.
I am in the process of specifying open source software for a non profit
company I am building, and am swimming the waters myself to see what
problems are inherent in open source. It seems that this one is huge and
relatively insurmountable unless someone wants to start a foundation to cull
the software for cleanliness.
Also, many people such as myself trust CNET. Obviously that trust is
misplaced. So if not CNET, then whom?
Brenda Hart Neihouse
-----Original Message-----
From: Allen Schaaf, CISSP [mailto:netsecurity@sound-by-design.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2013 4:09 AM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned
the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/.
NEVER TRUST CNET!
Best,
Allen
On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> BEWARE !!!
>> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
>> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes,
Spybot,
>> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
>> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
>>
>> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
>> warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Maurice Howe
>> I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from
> http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded from
that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own
site.
>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by "Allen Schaaf, CISSP" <ne...@sound-by-design.com>.
Alas, CNET is a nest of vipers. Sorry, I should have mentioned
the best source: http://www.freeocr.net/.
NEVER TRUST CNET!
Best,
Allen
On 11/30/2013 8:25 AM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> BEWARE !!!
>> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
>> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes, Spybot,
>> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
>> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
>>
>> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
>> warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Maurice Howe
>> I'm retired. Go around me.
>
> The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
>
> You could try Calibre, downloading only from
> http://calibre-ebook.com/
> which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded from that calibre site has been clean.
>
> As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own site.
>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 11:09:09 -0500
"Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> BEWARE !!!
> The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
> baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes, Spybot,
> RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
> There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
>
> I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
> warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
>
> Cheers,
> Maurice Howe
> I'm retired. Go around me.
The comments on the cnet freeocr page indicate such infestation.
You could try Calibre, downloading only from
http://calibre-ebook.com/
which will convert a PDF into text. Anything I have ever downloaded from that calibre site has been clean.
As a general rule I suggest only to download from an application's own site.
--
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>.
BEWARE !!!
The download of FreeOCR from CNET brought along a huge mess of excess
baggage. After 3 attempts at System Restore, running Malware Bytes, Spybot,
RegCure and Stinger got rid of (what I hope is all of) 243 infections.
There may be a "clean" version out there but this exercise scared me off.
I'll try Dave's Google Drive method. Thanks to all, but I thought this
warning was in order. Hope it saves others a lot of grief.
Cheers,
Maurice Howe
I'm retired. Go around me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave.Mainwaring [mailto:davemainwaring@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 29, 2013 5:11 PM
To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
I use Google drive for conversion.{Not the desktop version.} I copy or
upload the file directly to Google drive.
https://drive.google.com/
Then I select convert and down load, choose the type of file wanted, then
download.
{more button}
Convert and Download
Choose how you want to download each kind of file:
Change all formats to: MS Office - Open Office - PDF
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Allen Schaaf, CISSP <
netsecurity@sound-by-design.com> wrote:
> There is another another possible solution that works for me when I
> get a
> PDF: FreeOCR
>
> This free OCR software uses the Tesseract OCR engine. Tesseract OCR
> code was developed at HP Labs between 1985 and 1995 and is currently
> with Google. It is thought of as one of the most accurate open source
> OCR engines available. Works very well for me both for PDFs and images.
>
> Allen
>
> On 11/29/2013 12:18 PM, Clarence Weaver wrote:
>
>> Maurice,
>>
>> Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a
>> text file from the free Adobe Reader XI.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Clarence
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find
>> the
>>> original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan
>>> the PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> Maurice
>>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
>>> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Maurice Howe
>>>>
>>>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by "Dave.Mainwaring" <da...@gmail.com>.
I use Google drive for conversion.{Not the desktop version.} I copy or
upload the file directly to Google drive.
https://drive.google.com/
Then I select convert and down load, choose the type of file wanted, then
download.
{more button}
Convert and Download
Choose how you want to download each kind of file:
Change all formats to: MS Office - Open Office - PDF
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 4:36 PM, Allen Schaaf, CISSP <
netsecurity@sound-by-design.com> wrote:
> There is another another possible solution that works for me when I get a
> PDF: FreeOCR
>
> This free OCR software uses the Tesseract OCR engine. Tesseract OCR code
> was developed at HP Labs between 1985 and 1995 and is currently with
> Google. It is thought of as one of the most accurate open source OCR
> engines available. Works very well for me both for PDFs and images.
>
> Allen
>
> On 11/29/2013 12:18 PM, Clarence Weaver wrote:
>
>> Maurice,
>>
>> Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a text
>> file from the free Adobe Reader XI.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Clarence
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the
>>> original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan the
>>> PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
>>>
>>> Maurice
>>>
>>> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
>>> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Maurice Howe
>>>>
>>>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by "Allen Schaaf, CISSP" <ne...@sound-by-design.com>.
There is another another possible solution that works for me when
I get a PDF: FreeOCR
This free OCR software uses the Tesseract OCR engine. Tesseract
OCR code was developed at HP Labs between 1985 and 1995 and is
currently with Google. It is thought of as one of the most
accurate open source OCR engines available. Works very well for
me both for PDFs and images.
Allen
On 11/29/2013 12:18 PM, Clarence Weaver wrote:
> Maurice,
>
> Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a text
> file from the free Adobe Reader XI.
>
> Cheers,
> Clarence
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the
>> original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan the
>> PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>>
>> Maurice
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
>> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Maurice Howe
>>
>>
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>.
Yes, thanks. I'd already tried that (with moderate success). The
newsletter editor is sending me her MS Publisher ".pub" file, so I'm in good
shape.
Maurice
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From: Clarence Weaver [mailto:cmweaver7@gmail.com]
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To: users@openoffice.apache.org
Subject: Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Maurice,
Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a text
file from the free Adobe Reader XI.
Cheers,
Clarence
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the
> original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan
> the PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Maurice
>
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Maurice Howe
>
>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Clarence Weaver <cm...@gmail.com>.
Maurice,
Another alternative to the last two options is to "save the PDF as a text
file from the free Adobe Reader XI.
Cheers,
Clarence
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the
> original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan the
> PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Maurice
>
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Maurice Howe
>
>
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Julian Thomas <jt...@jt-mj.net>.
On 29 Nov 2013, at 13:40, Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
There seem to be [at least] two types of PDF files.
One are essentially scanned images.
The others are formatted text files that can be converted to .doc or .txt by either Adobe [full pop; not the free adobe reader] or a number of websites that do free file conversions. If you can copy and paste from the PDF, you are most ways there on your own.
There are web sites that purport to convert scanned images to text files, but they seem to be finicky on the scanned image; I've not had good luck with these.
hth - jt
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RE: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Maurice Howe <ma...@stny.rr.com>.
Thanks to Brian & Rory for their help. They gave 4 answers: find the
original DOC/ODT/etc file, use the PDF-to-DRAW facility of AOO, scan the
PDF, or hammer on the keyboard.
Thanks again!
Maurice
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
"Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
>
> Cheers,
> Maurice Howe
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Fernando Cassia <fc...@gmail.com>.
On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 11:50 AM, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> For major edits (such as relayout or rewrite of the text) you need to use
> an OCR utility to read the text in the PDF
Rory,
There is a fundamental misconception here. A PDF is NOT a bitmap. A PDF,
more often than not, contains the TEXT inside, not a picture (bitmap) of
the page requiring OCR to extact the text.
That is on PROPERLY CREATED PDF files. I've seen lots of people who don't
know what they're doing that just "scan pages and build a PDF". In those
instances, YES, the PDF doesn't contain searchable text, just bitmaps
(images) of every page. But that's not a properly created PDF file to begin
with.
FC
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 14:50:39 +0000
Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
> "Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Maurice Howe
>
> For minor edits OpenOffice's PDF import extension will allow it be edited in Draw. For major edits (such as relayout or rewrite of the text) you need to use an OCR utility to read the text in the PDF then import the text from the OCR into OpenOffice.
>
I forgot to add that this is not a trivial task for a document of any length, particularly if you have never done it before. Don't start this task against a deadline.
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Re: PDF-to-ODT conversion
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Fri, 29 Nov 2013 09:15:15 -0500
"Maurice Howe" <ma...@stny.rr.com> wrote:
> How do I convert a PDF to ODT (or DOC) so that I can edit it?
>
> Cheers,
> Maurice Howe
For minor edits OpenOffice's PDF import extension will allow it be edited in Draw. For major edits (such as relayout or rewrite of the text) you need to use an OCR utility to read the text in the PDF then import the text from the OCR into OpenOffice.
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